Device for feeding bags and the like.



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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26. 19!?- 1,258,222. PatentdMar. 5,1918.

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JULIAN s. JACOBS AivnJoHiv RAY1\I01\TD,'JR., OF SPRINGFIELD, vnnivionr, assieivons 1 TO JOHN T. smcxconronerron, or srnmerrurn, VERMONT, A CORPORATION on I VERMONT.

- DEVICE r03 FEEDING, BAGS Ann rnniirnn i Applioation filed February 26, 1917. Serial No. 151,076;

To all who'mz't may concern." ,7

Be it known that we, JULIAN S. JACOBS and JOHN RAYMOND, J12, citizens of the United States, and residents of'Springfield,

Vermont,.have invented certain new and.

materials used in the manufacture of shoddyi and also in themanufactureof paper.

Heretofore (it has been the practice in papermills or shoddy mills .to require the practically continuous attendance of an operator in feeding rags to the feeding apron or table of the picker in order to prevent the 7 rags from being fed into the machine in a rolled up or bunched condition. It has been suggested that a feed apron provided with spikes-or'projecting steel points for engaging the rags be employed for this purpose but attempts of this kind have not been satisfactory or'practical because of the fact that the means adopted-for releasing or disengaging the rags from the spikes have been uncertain and unreliable in their action.

The. present invention deals with this problem and comprises, generally speaking,

the combination of an endless carrier device or conveyer embraclng a serles of transverse slats provided with rows of automatically.

controlled points or spikes which during the feeding'part of the travel, project a sulficient distance beyond the face of the conveyer to engage and retain the'rags, and which are automatically withdrawn or disengaged from the rags at a predetermined point, with means for effecting the appropriate "move ment of the spikes or pointsso coordinated as to avoid the deflecting or thrusting of'the conveyer away from the normal line of its travel as will be hereinafter explained.

The invention consists in the combination with an endless conveyer of the transverse slats and cooperating spikes with their en-' gaging and controlling elements. It also consists in the details of construction of the transverse conveyer slats and the automati cally movableirows of spikes'arranged to act in the manner described. r

In the accompanying drawings We have illustrated the preferred arrangementlem- .Patented Mar. 5,1918.

bodying the principles of this invention Figure 1 is a side elevation of a feed de-.- I

vice or conveyer-provided witha'sufficient number of'the slats .and spikes to illustrate" the arrangementhereinafter described;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail vlew of an 1ndividual slat'combined with the spike-holda ing-member orbar. r

Figs 3 and 4c are end elevations of a sin-- gle slat and its spike supporting' element with the spikes in their protruding and their retracted positions, respectively.

. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of the transverse spikes, in operative relation to the spike-protruding members or tracks.

' In the practice of our invention as illustrated in the drawings there are provided'a plurality of sprocket shafts a on which are mounted sprocket wheels at" over which pass parallel endless sprocket chains 0.? which are suitably spaced apart accordin'gto the de-' sired width ofthe feeding device.

To these sprocket chains of are secured a 7 series of transverse slats barranged asclose together as practicable. At each end, each slat bis provided with a perforation b for riveting or bolting the slat to the opposite links of the sprocket chains a Between the;

perforated end'portions each slat is provided with-a series'of holes 6 through which project a series of sharpened points of spikes- 0 that, according to the form of the invention illustrated in the drawings, are secured to a'bar or supporting member 0 which bar or supporting member is provided at each end with a long guidepin or finger '0 which passes through a guide hole 6 in the slat and also .through a hole-in the guide bracket or hook (I! which is secured to and supported by '95 the slat b.

It will be observed that when theslat is in a horizontal or even an approximately horizontal plane the weight of the supporting.

bar 0 will normally cause the spikes or points to drop through their respective openings 6 If the spike-supporting bar 0" is beneath the slat thenthe spikes 0 are retracted or withdrawn from the holes 1) I while if the spike-supporting bar is above beyond the normal plane or surface ofthe conveyer. The braoketsor guidei members 7 for thispurpose.

to keep the spikes in position to reenter their r appropriate holes after they have been 'withtend around the uppermost shaft a between i the sprocket jwheels thereon and are con-' take'member 1 Around the periphery of V the sprocket chains where they pass around drawn therefrom. i

The hopper w into which the rags are dumped is provided'with' a feed'belt'w at the point where the upward travel of the conveyer begins. It is necessary therefore that the spikes should protrude at this point and any convenient means may be provided We have shown in the drawingsa pair of parallel track members 0 arranged intermediate-of the ends of the slats-in close juxtaposition to the plane of upward travel of the sprocket chains so as to engage the spike-supporting bars 0 in such a manner as to thrust the spikes to their full extent up through the holes in the transverse slats of the conveyer; Thesetracks or spike-protruding members 6. ex-

tinued along in an approximately horizontal plane nearly to the next pair of sprocket wheels which are adjacent to the, picker inthe sprocket wheels adjacent tothe picker guides f arranged in the path of the u'pwardly projecting pins 0? so as to engage said pins and force them downwardly after gaging members or guides f are carried beyond and below the plane of the feeding in member y so as to make certain the withdrawal or retraction of the sharpened pins or spikes 0 to the inner side of or below the surface of their cooperating slats b. As soon as each successive pair of pins has passed below the lower ends of the guides f the weight ofthe spike bar 0' will act through the drop of the spike bar to return the individual row of spikes to their outward or protruding position in which position they remain during the downward travel of the slat to the lowest point of its travel. The tracker guide member e has its lower end turned back inside the line of travel of the slats around and beneath the lowermost shaft use as to maintain the. successively approaching rows of pins in their outward or projecting position ready to engage therags fed to them by the feeding belt w. i I a The laterally bent foot portion d ofthe bracket (Z serves as retaining stopsfor the spike bars when the spikes are completely withdrawn below the outer surface of their respective slats.

The guide members f are preferably formed at their npper'ends with upturned or sloping deflectingtongues f so 'as topro vide means for positively forcing down the feed are placed 7 two guard members or 2'' spike bars in case there isany 'tendency for them to remain in raised or pro ecting pos Y 3 tion through their frictional eng'ageiiieiit" with their respective 'slats', 5. V v H V a It willbe observedthat thej-slats are-ara nearly continuous supporting surface for the rags at all parts ofthe conveyor. They} arrangement of the guidegmemberg which-1 engage the spike-carrying bar a" in relat onj to the conveyer is such tliatth outwardfi J thrust against the spike barsidoes not 7 act! he deflect the yerse f ily oar-s ward, hence the spikes project theip f nof their feeding traverse and could not p'ossibly be withdrawn or the rags whichrthey engage. The details of arrangement arenot ceding part of their :traverse'andare re- What we claim is: V

normal length throughout. the fullfrangey essential so long as thespikes are main-1 Lined in their outward or PlQjectingposh onwith relation to;theslatsLduring"the racted with certainty at the predetermined; point necessary to completely release the rags inorder that they may" drop onto-the; I feed member y of the picker. 1

J a 1, I951" 1. A rag feeding devicev embracing inits; V construction a conve er comrisin arallel:

their spike bars 0 have passed vbeyond the y p b p V V 5 side chains and'connectingxcrossslats whosei end of the track members 6. These pin e11 :ends are secured thereto,- a series of loosely mounted spike-bars each having ;a row eoff spikes projecting a through corresponding holes in said slats, guide pins secured in 'saidf spike-bars to project: above and;belowlthe same and beyond the'pointsof thespikes,

I ranged abovethe-slats in position to engage the guide pins to depress the respective: guidepins and their'spike-bars at a pre -ii determined point in the travel of the spikebars substantially as described.

2. A ragjfeeding device embracing a conveyer comprising parallel side chains and cross-connectingslats secured thereto, a-

series of loosely mounted spike-bars each? having a row of spikes pro ecting there from,-corresp0 ding holes in said slats3-thegarms secured to the under side of said" slats near their ends, guide pinssecured to-l the l spike bars and projecting up dly a downwardly therefrom through ali-n'ed;

openings in their respective slats and guide" I arms, and projecting beyond "the ends of 7 said sp1kes,:mean's arranged inside the 1 1p? wardly moving section; of the conveyor order to maintain the spikeibars ino until they approach thefpoint of delivery,

ative position during- {thei-i'tlupward trave so' 79' ranged quite closely-together so'as to form loo 7 means arranged outside of the conyeyer in position to engage the guide pins in order to depress the successive rows of spikes as they approach the point of delivery,-substantially as described.

3. A rag feeding device, the combination of the endless conveyor comprising parallel. carrying chalns and cross connecting perarranged inside the vertically movmgpor-V tion of the conveyer toengage the spike bars and maintain them in operative feeding position, exteriorly arranged guide mernbers located beyond the upwardly moving portion of theconveyer near the point of p Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each; by addressing the ,Commi ssi delivery or" the rags to positively depress the spike-bars in order to release the rag stock substantlally as described. I I r 4'. A rag feeding device embracing an endless conveyer having parallel cross slats and a series of loosely mountedspike bars 7 provided with rows of spikes arranged to project outwardly beyond saidv conveyor "when in normal operative position, the spike depressing means arranged adjacent-to the j: V. V delivery point of the conveyer and'means secured to therespectivespikewbars arranged toproject outwardly beyond the conveyor in position to engage "said spike depressing means and thereby withdraw the spikes from engagement with the rags,;substantially as described.

In witness whereof, we have subscribed the above specification. '7

' JULIAN S. JACOBS.

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